We Need More Artists On Whom You've No Choice But To Form an Opinion

Here’s a very nice collective tribute to writer David Foster Wallace. And here’s one literary agent’s homage. I was struck by one line of the agent’s in particular: “Whether you liked his work or not, he was at the very least the kind of writer you had no choice but to form an opinion on, and we need more writers like that.” I think we need more artists in general like that. What’s the point of making art if you’re not going to really say something, if you can’t be fearless?

I went to the bookstore last night to get a copy of Infinite Jest but there was a big hole in the section of shelf where his books should have been.